Scotchman Peaks: Multi-use is best option By Tony McDermott Reader Contributor There is no doubt that the FSP, ICL, IFG, former BC commission chairman Cary Kelly, and the USFS are all engaged in a public relations...
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor I hope everyone had a happy Earth Day. Thanks to 350Sandpoint for bringing the community together to celebrate this home we call Earth. Thank you to all that...
By Jim Peterson Reader Contributor When Bonner County voters go to the polls on May 15, one of the measures on their ballot is an advisory vote concerning U.S Sen. Jim Risch’s Scotchman Peaks...
By George Wuerthner Reader Contributor Many of the environmental/conservation groups in the West are participants in various collaboratives. Groups participating in collaboratives include the Western Environmental Law Council, Northwest Conservation, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Montana...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist A 2017 study in the District of Columbia about the effects of private school vouchers has further confirmed the results of recent studies in Indiana, Louisiana and Ohio. By...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff This is the fourth and final part of the ìHow to Argueî series where we have taken a look at logical fallacies or errors in reasoning that undermine the...
By David Phillips Reader Contributor Editor’s Note: This op-ed is in response to a news story the Reader wrote about the Festival at Sandpoint ending their “number line” system and replacing it with a...
By Shannon Williamson Reader Columnist I’m going to be straight up with you – this article is about the proposed BNSF rail bridge expansion. Again. This is a BIG deal, so you’re probably going...
By Alan Harper Reader Contributor We have a healthy timber industry in North Idaho. A forester by trade, I have always made my living in the woods. For the last 20 years, I’ve been...
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist According to Merriam-Webster, a generation is defined as a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously, or existing and traveling the phases of life at relatively the same time....
